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In the afternoon, Huangjiazhuang by the iron mine, in a private school.

"I'm leaving, Juanjuan!"

A girl with pigtails carries a cloth satchel and waves at her friends sitting in the school.

Song Yunjuan sat in her seat and smiled at her.

"Go back quickly, it's too late for your father and mother to scold you again. ”

"Got it!"

The girl trotted away briskly in the setting sun with a brisk gait, and ran away until she could no longer be seen.

Song Yunjuan didn't retract her gaze until she couldn't see her friends at all, looked at the empty school, everyone left, and in the end she was the only one left.

"It's time for me to go back too. Song Yunjuan carefully put away the pen, ink and papyrus on the table. Slip it into the small satchel he had brought, then stand up and pat his ass and walk out of the classroom.

Huangjiazhuang at sunset looks particularly dim and silent.

Several women who were originally chatting by the wall, as soon as they saw Song Yunjuan come out, they hurriedly walked away, seemingly unwilling to even look at her more.

There were also a few seven or eight-year-old boys in the distance, who were playing with mud with snot, and when they saw Song Yunjuan coming out, several little boys were so frightened that they ran away.

"Run!

"This way!"

Song Yunjuan didn't care when she saw this, lowered her head, straightened her small satchel, and walked in the direction of her home.

Huangjiazhuang is not far from her home, only a few miles away. But for her, a ten-year-old girl, the road is also extremely long.

In fact, a few years ago, her family was still fine, her parents, and grandparents were still alive.

But since two years ago, the eldest brother has been obsessed with alchemy and cultivating immortals. I don't take the annual exam. I chatter at home all day long, and practice the Immortal Martial Arts and Pills. He also wasted his family's money and bought a lot of messy books on cultivating immortals and alchemy.

Since then, life has been rocky.

First of all, my grandparents went out one day and never came back. After that, my father and mother, before the time for filial piety arrived, I fell off the carriage in an accident and rolled off the cliff.

After that, no one else in the family could control the eldest brother, so he began to frantically refine the pill and cultivate immortals, as if he had fallen into a demon.

Most of the other siblings left disappointed. Until now, she and her eldest brother are the only ones living in Zhuangzi. For the sake of alchemy, the eldest brother sold all the valuable things in the house, and now the whole Zhuangzi is empty, and even the thieves are not willing to patronize it. The servants of the family were also dismissed, and only the two of them remained.

Song Yunjuan's white little face was a little lost, she missed her grandfather, she missed her father.

"There is also the osmanthus cake made by my mother, it is delicious...."She lowered her head and gently wiped her moist eyes, and hurried towards the house.

It's a pity that now there is nothing. Fortunately, Mr. Chen, who was in the private school, took pity on her family situation, and did not kick her out because she didn't pay the money, but still let her stay to attend the class.

One foot deep, one foot shallow, one foot all the way, Song Yunjuan tied her shoulder-length short hair with a straw rope. Walking briskly all the way, I finally arrived at the door of the house when it was just dark.

There is a crack in the gate of Songjiazhuang, which is not locked, and the surrounding area is pitch black, and there is no popularity.

Song Yunjuan had long been used to it, pushed open the door vigorously, walked in, and then locked the door with her backhand, and then lowered the thick latch.

Bang.

The door was locked, and she patted the dust off her hands and turned to look at the courtyard of her home.

The floor was full of fallen leaves and branches, and the room was so dark that there was no light.

By the light of the moon, she walked in the direction of the side hall.

In the empty and silent courtyard, she was the only one who kept echoing, and her worn deerskin boots kept clattering on the stone slabs.

Song Yunjuan had long been accustomed to this kind of scene, she walked quickly to the side hall and looked, it was dark inside, the moonlight shone on the dining table in the middle, and there was nothing on it.

"Ugh...."

She sighed and walked towards her brother's bedroom.

Across the stone bridge, she walked to the largest wing on the left and gently pushed the door open.

Squeak.

The piercing sound of wood grinding is extremely eye-catching throughout the Zhuangzi.

The room was dark, and Song Yunjuan could only barely see the furnishings inside by the moonlight.

On the left side of the room was a dark corner where nothing could be seen. By the moonlight, I could faintly see a huge object placed there.

Song Yunjuan knew that it was her brother's Dan furnace.

She looked to the right, and in the moonlight, several bowls were faintly placed on a square table.

"Brother, you're still alchemizing. ”

After a moment of silence.

"Well, I just refined a little. A male voice replied in the darkness.

Song Yunjuan walked into the room, groped her way to sit down at the dining table, and felt her chopsticks to prepare for dinner.

But after picking up a pickle of vegetables, she realized that the dishes were actually cold. It's not allowed to light the lamp at night, and now you can't even heat the food? What kind of cold refining method, how can there be alchemy without fire?

"Brother, don't you have any hot dishes?"

"yes, it's still made in the morning, and it's not hot yet. An answer came from the darkness.

Song Yunjuan sighed.

But what she couldn't see was that behind the alchemy furnace in the dark, there was no one at all!

No one, where did that sound come from?

Nobody knows.

After two bites of the dish, she felt that it was difficult to swallow, and the minced meat in it seemed to be a little rancid, not like she had only made it in the morning.

"I told Chen Meiqin in the school today that she will come to my house to play in a few days, brother..."

"Well, I'm listening. The voice replied.

"Can you stay with me at home during the day?" Yun Juan whispered.

"I'm going to do alchemy. The voice replied briefly.

"Can't you stay with me for a day?" Yun Juan's eyes were full of disappointment.

"I'm going to do alchemy. The voice repeated.

Yun Juan was silent, bowing her head and eating her meal silently.

She didn't notice that a tall figure had silently stepped out of a corner of the room and slowly stood behind her.

The figure had a pale face, it was a man's face, an expressionless face.

He looked down at Yun Juan, and slowly stretched out his hand, holding a pair of scissors in his hand, which was full of blood....

Bang bang bang!

Suddenly, there was a violent knock on the door of the house.

Song Yunjuan stood up suddenly.

"Who?" She quickly ran out and came to the gate.

"Is anyone there?"

"We were passing through here to go green, and we couldn't go back at night because of the rocks, so we wanted to stay here for a night. A clear man's voice came in, with a hint of gentleness.

Song Yunjuan hesitated, now there are only her and her eldest brother in Zhuangzi, in case she encounters any villains....

"Little girl, are you here? We can pay the money in advance, and we can borrow it for a night. The man said again. "We're not bad guys, it's the cost of staying overnight. ”

Crash.

There was a crisp sound, and a string of large coins was thrown in through the wall.

Song Yunjuan ran to take a look and picked it up.

Eight coins, which were larger than ordinary copper coins, faintly copper-black in the moonlight, were tied together with black silk threads.

She counted carefully, there were actually eight big money, ten big money is one or two silver, this person is actually eight big money when he makes a move, it seems that he is not a bad person.

Song Yunjuan hesitated, thinking that there was still a man like the eldest brother at home, so she lifted the door latch. Laboriously open the door.

Squeak.

The door was open, and three sturdy young men stood in the doorway, who at first glance looked like people who practiced martial arts.

The one who took the lead was dressed in a Confucian robe, his clothes were gray, and he seemed to be a scholar, but even the spacious scholar's robe could not hide the strong figure and muscles of this person.

Song Yunjuan looked at the three of them, her eyes fell on the scabbard they were carrying, and her heart suddenly drummed.

"Little girl, are you alone at home? Xiaosheng Lusheng, passing by here, did not expect the unexpected mountain road to collapse, and there is no way back for the time being. Only here is the safest Zhuangzi in this vicinity, there is a high wall to block the beasts, so I want to come here to borrow a night. The scholar tried to be gentle and kind, but his fierce temperament, his strong muscles, and the long knife hanging horizontally from his waist made it clear that this man was not a good man.

"My eldest brother is also at home, but he is alchemizing, if he is fine, don't bother him. Song Yunjuan reminded seriously. "Also, you can just stay, please don't light the lights, my eldest brother doesn't like light. ”

"How can you do it without lighting the lamp?" Duan Meng'an, who was behind Lu Sheng, couldn't help but mutter.

Song Yunjuan bit her lip, feeling that the three people in front of her did not seem to be kind, she was a little scared, and her body shrank back.

"Point... If you light the lamp, you can light it in your own place and don't take it out, or my eldest brother will be angry. He's angry, it's terrible...."

Lu Sheng squinted his eyes and looked at the inside of Zhuangzi, and sure enough, it was pitch black everywhere, and there were obviously a lot of lanterns hung, but there was no light at all.

"Okay, let's light the lights in our room, okay?" he smiled gently at Song Yunjuan.

Song Yunjuan grabbed the string of big money, there was really no money left at home, and this money was really important to her. Save money, and the tuition fee for the next half year can also be settled.

"Come in. ”

She stepped out of the way and let Lu Sheng and the three of them in.

Boom.

The door was closed and the latch was re-attached.

Song Yunjuan led Lu Sheng and the three of them towards the guest room.

The fallen leaves and dead branches all over the ground made Song Yunjuan a little ashamed, this kind of dilapidated family background, anyone who looks at it can see that this family is in the middle of the road.

After sending the three of them to three rooms, Song Yunjuan wanted to turn around and go back to rest.

Knock knock.

Suddenly, there was another knock on the door.

"I'll take a look. Song Yunjuan hurriedly ran to the gate, as for whether Lu Sheng and the three would be thieves or something, she was not worried, all the valuable things in the family had already been sold by the eldest brother. The rest are dilapidated, and even the people who receive the goods dislike things that are difficult to move.

Looking at the figure of the little girl running out, Lu Sheng looked at the dilapidated courtyard and the gloomy environment.

"It's hard for this little guy. ”

"I didn't expect this to be lived. Duan Meng'an felt a little nervous.

"Is it strange that there are people living in this Zhuangzi?" the other person was named Ning San, who was selected by Lu Sheng to take this trip.

Under the guise of passers-by, they planned to carefully investigate the internal situation of this Zhuangzi.